Aprile Rickert
Southern Indiana ReporterAprile is LPM's Southern Indiana reporter. Rickert comes to LPM from the News and Tribune in Southern Indiana, where she covered crime and courts as a senior reporter. A New Albany native, she spent nearly two decades in Louisville before recently moving back across the river to Jeffersonville.
Email Aprile at arickert@lpm.org.
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Indiana lawmakers passed a budget last week that cut funding to public radio and TV stations across the state, attempting to avoid a projected $2.4 billion shortfall. It comes as the federal government also wants to claw back funds for NPR and PBS — which help sustain local stations. -
A new Indiana property tax law threatens a recently approved fire territory in Clark County. The public can learn more about impacts at a meeting scheduled for May 5. -
A former Scott County sheriff with ties to Jamey Noel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of tax evasion. Investigators say he filed false tax returns over several years. -
The Clark County, Indiana jail is now holding people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As of Thursday, they were holding 46 people who arrived last week. -
Flood waters damaged more than 150 structures in the small town of Utica, Indiana. This week, residents and contractors are working on cleanup, as the county looks to state resources to help with recovery. -
Residents of the small town of Utica, Indiana know the perils of flooding. The familiarity doesn’t make things easier, though. -
Intense storms, including suspected tornadoes, ripped through east Louisville and some of Southern Indiana. So far, no injuries have been reported. -
The Floyd County Commissioners are moving toward removal of a low-head dam that closed the Blackiston Mill Road bridge when it failed earlier this year. That could mean drivers will be able to use the connection between Clarksville and New Albany before a new bridge is built. -
An Indiana judge has reinstated members of a Utica fire board, finding they weren’t properly removed by the Clark County Commissioners earlier this month. It happened just in time for the fire board to approve a fire territory with Jeffersonville before the deadline next month. -
A Southern Indiana mother is suing multiple municipalities, saying their negligence led to her son’s drowning death at a controversial low-head dam last May.
